Little Wood-rail vs Marquesan Swamphen

Aramides mangle comparado com Porphyrio paepae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Little Wood-rail Marquesan Swamphen
Nome científico Aramides mangle Porphyrio paepae
Ordem Gruiformes Gruiformes
Família Rallidae Rallidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 32,0 cm (12.6 in)
Peso 183,0 g (6.46 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 5-6 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Little Wood-rail only

Marquesan Swamphen only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Little Wood-rail

Extinct

Marquesan Swamphen

About These Birds

Little Wood-rail

Little Wood-rail (Aramides mangle), 28 cm. Olive-brown above; grey head and breast; rufous flanks. Endemic to mangroves and adjacent coastal scrub of Brazil. Omnivore: crabs, molluscs and invertebrates in tidal mud. Vulnerable; restricted to Brazilian coastal mangroves.

Marquesan Swamphen

Marquesan Swamphen (Porphyrio paepae) is an extinct flightless swamphen known only from subfossil bones from the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Lost following Polynesian settlement and later European contact. Part of the broader pattern of Pacific island rail extinctions linked to human arrival and introduced rats.

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